NEW ORLEANS — Law enforcement sources tell WWL Louisiana that a car that was removed from Bayou St. John Tuesday afternoon is believed to be connected to the homicide of Jacob Carter, a visiting tourist from Washington state.
There was a heavy police presence at the Bayou surrounding that recovery, including what appeared to be at least one homicide detective.
Our sources tell us it is not the victim’s car but is being looked at as a suspect car or getaway car.
We hope to learn more as the investigation unfolds.
Carter a bagel shop owner from Tacoma, Wash. was identified Monday morning by the Orleans Parish coroner after a deadly shooting over the weekend. He was killed in the Marigny early Friday morning. NOPD said Carter was found dead after a shooting near Bourbon and Kerlerec Streets at about 1:30 a.m.
Carter had been in New Orleans on vacation with his husband and co-founder of Howdy Bagel, Daniel Blagovich, according to an Instagram post from Sunday.
"The shop will be closed temporarily as we navigate this time of grief," Howdy Bagel posted on Sunday. "Daniel and Jacob have been continually blown away and grateful for the ways that this community has rallied together to support Howdy Bagel."
Carter who moved to Tacoma, Wash. from Texas told KING 5 in July that the name "Howdy" was an homage to southern hospitality.
"It kind of invokes this sense of warmth and bringing people together, bringing people in, and I think we are trying to foster a place of inclusiveness to everyone," Carter said in July.
Carter had started Howdy Bagel with his husband, Daniel Blagovich, in May.
As of Tuesday afternoon, a fundraiser for Howdy Bagel and Blagovich has raised nearly $208,000.
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